[procps] [ANNOUNCE] procps 3.1.12

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[ANNOUNCE] procps 3.1.12

This release gives users more control over ps output,
handles the new CPU usage stats of Linux 2.6.0-test4
and above, adds some new vmstat modes, and fixes
numerous minor bugs. Starting with this release, a set
of automated tests is being used to ensure correctness.

For those of you still upgrading from procps 2.0.xx releases,
you can expect:

* top can show CPU usage for IO-wait, IRQ, and softirq
* can set $PS_FORMAT to choose your own default ps format
* better width control ("ps -o pid,wchan:42,args")
* width of ps PID column adjusts to your system
* vmstat lets you choose units you like: 1000, 1024, 1000000...
* top can sort by any column (old sort keys available too)
* top can select a single user to display
* top can be put in multi-window mode and/or color mode
* vmstat has the -s option, as found on UNIX and BSD systems
* vmstat has the -f option, as found on UNIX and BSD systems
* watch doesn't eat the first blank line by mistake
* vmstat uses a fast O(1) algorithm on 2.5.xx kernels
* pmap command is SunOS-compatible
* vmstat shows IO-wait time
* pgrep and pkill can find the oldest matching process
* sysctl handles the Linux 2.5.xx VLAN interfaces
* ps has a new "-F" format (very nice, like DYNIX/ptx has)
* ps with proper BSD process selection
* better handling of very long uptimes

There's a pro...@li... mailing list you can
use for feature requests, bug reports, and so on. Use it!
Feedback makes things happen.

http://procps.sf.net/
http://procps.sf.net/procps-3.1.12.tar.gz

------------- recent changes -------------

procps-3.1.11 --> procps-3.1.12

ps: explicit width ("ps -o pid,wchan:42,args")
ps: $PS_FORMAT works properly                    #201575
top: new Linux 2.6.0-test4 CPU stats shown
top: multiple -p options work again
top: fixed 4 GB wrap-around
ps: has a set of tests to ensure correctness
man page: /var/run/utmp, not /etc/utmp           #206583
required flags moved out of CFLAGS               #205429
RPM generation handles /lib64
WCHAN skips leading '.'
vmstat: numerous new features

procps-3.1.10 --> procps-3.1.11

compile with gcc 2.95 again (C99 issue)

procps-3.1.9 --> procps-3.1.10

handle GPLONLY_ symbols                       #143549 #188374
kill: better man page
skill: better man page
ps: PID-like columns change width as needed
top: COMMAND instead of Command
vmstat: -m displays slabinfo
vmstat: -d displays disk stats